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Fit to be fried

Here’s hoping you had a happy Thanksgiving. The Williams clan collected, as they do each year, at our house to see one another, to talk about family members who didn’t come, and to savor the festive fare prepared by my lovely wife, Grace. These times together are memorable milestones in a family’s...

During the holidays, practice gratitude (and eat your vegetables)

“...And I know it’s not much But I’ve nothing else fit for a king Except for a heart singing hallelujah Hallelujah” -“Gratitude” by Brandon Lake Every year at this time, I find myself in a season of reflection between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Each one now carries a much...

Talking money at the Thanksgiving table without a family feud

The Thanksgiving table has a way of bringing everything to the surface – gratitude, nostalgia, and sometimes, a few awkward topics we’d rather avoid. One of those, for many families, is money. Who’s spending too much, who’s saving too little, or who’s quietly wondering how mom and dad plan to...

What I heard is not what she said: Tips for better listening

"There is a difference between listening and waiting for your turn to speak." - Simon Sinek Years ago, when our firstborn daughter was just a few months old, my wife called me at work one day to ask if I would stop by the store on my way home to pick up some rice cereal for our daughter's...

Read all about it! Heartfelt tributes to retiring Daniel Island News founder Sue Detar

Readers, advertisers, staff, and community members share their thoughts on Suzanne Detar, the retiring founder and former publisher of The Daniel Island News, who is starting a new chapter in life after leading the newspaper for 22 years.... Delivering papers starts with wrapping them. The...

How good are you at storytelling?

“Stories stick to your brain.” – Tim Denning There’s great power in storytelling, but few of us have learned the art. We tell stories every day, but who among us calls themselves a “storyteller?” Says Lisa Christen of forbes.com: “Telling a story is something we’ve done daily for most of...

Eat or be eaten: Where friends are foes and foes are friends

Most of us are familiar with the term food chain. Generally speaking, a food chain describes a linear sequence of who eats whom in an ecosystem. More realistically, though, these chains cross, twist, and overlap, forming webs that can be far from linear. One great example is the food chains,...

A new chapter begins for The Daniel Island News

Mid-October, 70 degrees, golden hour on the Daniel Island Ferry sunset cruise. It will be difficult to top last Wednesday night's gathering of Daniel Island Newspaper staff, family, and friends. And it will be difficult to top the newspaper's 22-year leadership under former owner Sue Detar. Sue...

Are you stuck in a rut? Here’s how to turn it around

If you’re going through something, just know that you’re gonna come out on the other side. You’re going through it – you’re not stuck there forever. - Tina Knowles I read somewhere that in the early days of the Alaska Highway, tractor-trailer trucks would make deep ruts in the gravel as they...

How good are you at appreciating your strengths?

“If you think your skills are run-of-the-mill, dime-a-dozen, you don’t realize what others would love to learn from you.” – Liane Davey How well do you know your strengths? It’s a sad but confronting reality. As humans, we think far more about weaknesses than our strengths. It’s called the...